La Nube Necklace

Here it is! and it is called La Nube which is spanish for The Cloud.

I'm a bit afraid you will think like, i made yet another cloud, but i feel this is different from the others plus i love clouds!. To begin with, this came from a series of new sketches, it is less "fluffy" and then i make the pendant hang from the chain differently than my other necklaces. Oh, and it is the first cloud necklace i've ever done, so it is very special! I completely love it, i hope you do, too!

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Today I Love: Simple things

I just wanted to share with you some images that make my heart happy:

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Red And Blue

Hi there! i've been very busy the last couple of days so my apologies if you came to my blog and found nothing new!

I want to tell you last Monday was my first jewelry class of the season and i starting to work on two new projects, one is almost finished so maybe i'll have it ready to show it to you at the beginning of the next week.

Here are some very cute and cool etsy finds for you to enjoy:

1.- The Merriweather Council

2.- Sleepy King

3.-Olive Handmade

4.-Little Odd Forest

1.-Sarah Robin L

2.-Rafya

3.-Metal, Cloth and Wood

4.-Moloco

Bunting Fever

Via Flickr

Via Flickr

Union Jacks Bunting kit by Loopsies

Wall art by Philli Philli Handmade

Via Flickr

Via Flickr

Decorative triangle bunting banner by TwoStringJane

Via Flickr

Via Flickr

I love bunting. And i think this post made it even more evident.

Jamie Bert

A little while ago i made this treasury and included the "what is this thing?" card by Jamie Bert. He wrote me back, it was his first treasury feature and wanted to send me one of his cards to say thanks. I truly wanted to tell him like, 'you are welcome but you don't have to' but there was this part of me that craved his stationery and wanted badly to have some for free so i gave him my address hoping he would just forget about it.

But of course he did not forget and here i am, with freshly arrived mail from Jamie with two gorgeous cards of his collection, i feel extremely grateful for his thoughtfulness and his generosity that the least i can do is to introduce you to his incredible neat, smart, funny, cool and good looking work:

Sad You Went Away

Be Informed Zombie Attack

What Is This Thing?

You got to love sellers like him! please visit his Etsy shop to see more of his stationery collection and giggle a little with his funny descriptions! Having some of his work here i vastly recommend it: it's so neat, cool, of an awesome quality and so original!
Thanks Jamie!

Today's Words

The Thread That Bind Us

Don't you love this illustration and the sweet, lovely phrase on it? oh, and the colours! so gorgeous...I'm trying to control myself not to run and buy this right now (i decided i will buy it when my own sales pick up a little, so i have to wait a bit!).

This is the work of illustrator Alissa Nassner. I found her work on Flickr and was love at first sight. You can see more of her illustrations here or you can go to her Etsy shop Small Talk Studio to buy her beautiful illustrations.

It's Friday, yay!!! i wish you a great weekened!!

An announcement and a thank you note

Check out this super sweet-helpful post by my friend Mayi from Heartmade. She wrote about me!!

I'm very touched by her lovely words and it reminds me of the importance of making connections on this wonderful handmade world i decided to live in! On this post she tells the story on how we meet and her helpful advise on the power of connecting. Don't miss it i'ts very inspiring.

Image via Heratmade blog by TheLightFantastic

A n n o u n c e m e n t :

I'm very happy to announce that, since last Thursday i have a little space to express myself on the blog HeartMade!

Mayi Carles was so kind to invite me to collaborate with her on her beautiful blog by writing/curating a guest post each Thursday. The post it's called Mademoiselle's treasures and well, you know how much i love making treasuries! i'll be curating one Etsy treasury each week specially for Mayi's readers and i will talk a little about my choices. There is going to be so much cool handmade/vintage stuff so don't miss it, starting today!!

This week's Etsy treasury is called Vanilla Dreams and you can check it HERE and my guest post on Hertmade HERE.

Mayi: Thank you, it's been great to get to know you, not just because all the things we share but because you are a wonderful, inspiring person and a great friend!

Today I Love: Apple Season!

Apple season is almost here and i love to think on all that fresh-picked-from-the-tree apples! so looking forward for apple pie!

By Amanda Gilligan

By Jasmine Fitzwilliam

I gathered some juicy apples (and a lovely basket to take them home) for you:

1.- Sterling silver ring with embroidered apple by Metal, Cloth & Wood
2.-Green apple necklace in silver and concrete by Lulu Bug Jewelry

2.-Classy tote by Whimsical Originals

4.-Silver apple hoops by Idealist Jewellery

Check out more of my fresh apple picks in here!

A new favourite: Nisse Made

I came across this wonderful illustrator on Flickr, her name is Nisse Made and now i can't have enough of her art!

Her drawings are so beautiful, full of feelings, they have the right amount of cuteness and a touch of mystery, i like them so much! here are some of her illustrations for your heart to enjoy:

She tried to juggle it all!

Paradise

Remember

Visit Nisse Made website and her photostream on Flickr to see more, you'll most probably thank me for the introduction ;)

Have a great day!

Casita del arbol

Do you remember this toy? well, i don't know if it were sold where you live but this was a hit in Mexico among children in the 80's!
This brings so many cool memories from my childhood: My cousin Adriana owned one when we were kids. I used to sleep over a lot at her place so we would play with this tree house all freaking day :) it was so much fun. The elevator, the swing, the dog house! wow i want to play with it again!

Image found at Pimpelwit

Alphabet

I collected all this links of beautiful alphabet posters because i wanted to buy one for my girl, well, i still do want to buy one but i'm not in a hurry anymore. We got one when we moved here, a huge poster from Ikea (i know, i know! we saw it, little one saw it, she started spelling letters and we knew we should get it that moment) and, although is not nearly as pretty, she loves to stand in front of it and say the letters out loud. I think she likes the fact that they are huge letters and she can easily sees them (she knows most of the alphabet now, the only ones she get confused with are A, N, and T)

But as i told you, is still my plan to get a nice, special one for her room. I'll share with you some of my faves!

Letterpress Alphabet Poster by Sycamorestreetpress.

Alphabet Poster Nerdy Edition by Courtneymcornet.

Owlphabet poster by Gingiber on etsy.

Russian Doll Alphabet by CreativeNeesh on etsy.

Alphabet by Nate Duval at Poster Cabaret.

Alphabet by SolLi.

My little one is sitting beside me this moment and she's watching the pictures and saying the alphabet, hehehe...

Have a great day!

Today I Love

The cool retro-feel-grandma-kitsch-vintage-thing going on this spaces:

By Kristena Derrick

By Candi Mandi

By Kitschcafe

By Dottie Angel

My picks to get the look:

-Scalloped garland by This Neck Of The Woods

-Limeade, crocheted necklace by Eat Your Greens

-Vintage framed embroidery from Mary Grace Thomas-Test Of Time

-Vintage Encyclopedia floral garland by Erin Louise Handmade

I know i wouldn't be good decorating our apartment this style but i love it regardless! i admire all the people that make granny-kitschy things look so cool, so "today" and so effortless! Cheers for you people!

I wish you a great week!

The Gift

Have you seen all those wonderful pictures of beautiful packaging and gift wrapping and all that stuff lately? I've been hunting those images and drooling over them. I just found this new wave of packing hand made goods and gifts so adorable (visit my board "Empacando" on Pinterest to see what i'm talking about). This is my first attempt to beautifully pack something and i think it looks pretty good!

Can you guess what's inside? well, this lovely package is on its way to Ireland to Millie, the winner of my giveaway! So my lovely summer bunting is inside :D

I wish you a nice day!

Happy Rain

I believe that rain boots and umbrellas are some of the cutest things among wearable stuff. I remember when i got my first rain boots, i was praying for rain so i could get to wear them!
Well, rain can be a pain too, specially if you live in places like Tabasco (where i grew up) where flooding is a major problem each year and the territory is flooding awfully as we speak. My parents, and two of my brothers (with their families) still live there so i'm a bit concerned, even when i know they're fine.

But well, this is the world we live in and the way nature works, so i guess the important thing is to be prepared for what we know can affect our lives and to help the people in need.

Ok, this was supposed to be a happy post about rain!

It's been raining all day here in Montreal and i just wanted to post some lovely pictures i found on Flickr about the happy stuff we get to use on a rainy day, enjoy!

Image from Flickr.

Red boots via Flickr.

Via Flickr.

Inspired by rain

-Oversized boyfriend button down shirt by Lamixx

-Mungo wanderlust leaf bag by Little Odd Forest

-Red Hunter boots

-Rain drops necklace by The Angry Weather

Have a lovely day!

Giveaway winner!

Good Monday everybody! It's holiday today in Canada (labour day) and probably we are going to spent the day out enjoying the sunny (but chilly) day, but before we are out of here, i want to announce the winner of my Summer Bunting Giveaway!!

I assigned a number from 1 to 13 for every one of your comments and additional numbers from 14 to 24 because most of you got two entries as you too follow The Angry Weather's fan page! The winner number was generated by a random number generator from Random.org:

And the winner of my Summer Bunting is (!!!!):

Yes, you Millie! congratulations!! Thank you so much for your support,

I'll send you a message via Facebook soon! :D

I really, truly wish all of you could have won! i can't thank you enough for your support and for being part of this blog, so i promise you another giveaway soon!

Thank you!

And again congrats to the lucky winner!